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The Madison Bar and Grill – This Corner Bistro Keeps its Old Hoboken Charm

 

 By Sally Deering

madison_frontIf the walls of the Madison Bar and Grill could talk they’d tell stories of longshoremen stopping by after a day working Hoboken’s piers to belly up to the bar for some shots and beers. They’d tell of Thomas F. Vezzetti, a larger-than-life character whose family owned the bar back in the day (long before he was the 33rd Mayor of Hoboken) who would sleep on the pool table with a baseball bat to scare off any burglars. Continue reading The Madison Bar and Grill – This Corner Bistro Keeps its Old Hoboken Charm